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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

It might appear that way to some reading only this quote, but after reading all the supporting papers and arguments of the founding fathers, the US Supreme Court has decided that your interpretation is incorrect. In fact one of the arguments that was made at the time of the constitutional convention was that the people have the right to keep and bear arms in order to protect themselves from the government should it become a tyrannical force. Even by the short sentence that you posted it is apparent that the founders felt that freedom was tied directly to the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They believed that a people whose right to bear arms was taken away would not be truly free.

By the way, in the USA there are 88.8 guns per 100 people. In Iran there are 7.3 guns per 100 people.

doc - i pretty much agree with the argument re protection from a tyrannical govt...but...in reading of the supporting arguments, i could not find one that promoted or protected the keeping of guns for the purpose of assault. protection from - yes...assault - no. did i miss a supporting argument for assault?